Frisky Foods

Frisky Foods

Hoping things will heat up after dinner—or breakfast? Luckily, you don’t need to rethink your daily dishes to get in the mood. The following one-ingredient additions to your go-to meals can get those sparks flying. Click through to find the 10 easiest ways to work aphrodisiacs into your regularly scheduled meals.

1. Add figs to a smoothie.

1. Add figs to a smoothie.

This plump fruit is packed with amino acids involved in the production of nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels and increases blood flow to sex organs. And that’s vital for getting aroused, says Meryl Rosofsky, MD and adjunct professor of Food Studies at New York University. “It causes penile and clitoral erection, vaginal lubrication and other parts of the sexual cascade, from desire to orgasm,” she explains. Adding two to three figs to your smoothie will take it from a refreshing beverage to an erotic libation. Try a milk-banana-fig combo with honey for a double dose of aphrodisiacs.